Q) How can you offer Free SMS when the rest of the world charges for it?
A) YouMint can offer you Free SMS because we get our advertisers to sponsor them for you. You can send SMS upto 140 characters long. The remainder is used by our advertisers to append their messages. The interesting thing is that the Ads that will get appended will be contextual in most cases It could be quite cool! For example, if you sent a message to a friend asking them to meet for a coffee, you could actually see a Cafe Coffee Day advt displayed at the bottom - offering you a cool discount!
Q) How can I make money on YouMint?
A) It is very simple. There are several ways you can make money on Youmint.
1) Introduce your friends and get paid when they join and when their friends join!
When you sign up at YouMint, you basically get an opportunity to introduce all your friends to this cool service, and get paid for it when they do sign up! And in turn when your friends sign up other friends you get paid again We will pay you Rs 0.50 each time a friend you referred signs up and Rs. 0.20 when your friend’s friend signs up.
YES! We actually pay you for getting friends signed up to this service!
So for example, if 20 of your friends sign up and then each of them sign up 20 friends each, you would be richer by 110 bucks straight away.( That’s (20 x 0.5) + (20 x 20 x 0.25)= 110)
2) Send Free SMS!
As a YouMint member, you can send Free SMS to your friends. You can send more Free SMSs to them if they are on YouMint as well! So go ahead and invite all your friends to YouMint so you can send them Free SMSs.
More Invites = More Free SMSs. The more people you have in your network the more Free SMSs you can send everyday.
3) Receive relevant SMS promos and receive money for each promo! Get paid for promos your friends and their friends receive as well!!
When you sign up with us, you will start receiving relevant promotional messages based on the number of messages you specify and the time you want to receive them. Each time you receive a message you will get paid for it! Whats more, you also get paid each time a referred friend and that friend’s friend gets a promotional message too.
Confused? OK, here’s how it works
- What you get each time you get a promo SMS – Rs 0.20
- What you get when a friend you referred get a promo – Rs 0.10
- What you get when a friend of the friend you referred gets a promo – Rs 0.05
So therefore, if you have lots of friends, who have a lot of friends, you could make a lot of money each time a promotion is done. Even if we send everyone 1 promo a day, you stand to earn Rs. 666 every month. OK, OK, here’s the math again
- What you make for receiving 1 promo a day for a month : 1 promo x 30 days x Rs.0.20 per promo = Rs 6
- What you make when a friend you referred gets a 1 promo a day for a month: 1 promo x 30 days x Rs.0.10 per promo x 20 friends = Rs 60
- What you make when a friend of a friend you referred gets 1 promo a day for a month : 1 promo x 30 days x Rs.0.05 per promo * 400 friends (assuming each of your twenty friends successfully referred 20 friends each)= Rs.600
So, Rs 6 + Rs 60+ Rs 600 adds up to a cool Rs 666!
So basically, you make enough to at least cover your mobile bill (and perhaps a coffee for us for coming up with this great idea!). If you are a poular person with lots of pals, you will make lots more. Else if you are the kind who walks around with the phone permanently attached to your ear, you better start making more friends so that you can cover that bill.
Q) Why am I not receiving SMS promos? When do I start getting them?
A) Rome was not built in a day… and given that this is a new concept and a paradigm shift, it will take us time to get the wheels in motion. We have very large advertisers who have committed to advertise with us. We are now trying to increase our base of users so we can make this worth for our advertisers. However, we are offering you approx Rs. 900 worth of value in FREE SMSs every month. Additionally, you can make personalised wallpapers/screensavers too!
Q) Do I get paid for just inviting people, even if they dont join?
A) You get paid for people who join your network AND who complete their registration by verifying their mobile number.
Q) Why do I need to verify my mobile number?
A) Verifying your mobile phone is critical to becoming a member on YouMint. We stated earlier that YouMint is a network of REAL PEOPLE. Verifying your mobile is one very important part of verifying our users. This will help us keep the community secure. Also, YouMint revolves around our users’ mobile lifestyle, it is imperative that we ascertain our users are indeed the owners of the mobile number they claim.
Q) What all can I do here at YouMint?
A) You can send Free SMS, earn for growing your network, earn for receiving SMS promos, create free mobile content for your phone in the YouMint Studio, create and sell original content in the YouMint marketplace (coming soon)…YouMint aspires to be part of your mobile lifestyle!
Q) Who are the people behind YouMint?
A) YouMint is a new venture created by the same guys who started the mobile shortcode revolution in India! (Like 8888, 6388 etc). YouMint is backed by international investors and the executive team has worked with close to 200 mobile network operators globally. You can click here to know more about who we are.
Q) My friends have accepted my invitation but have not verified their mobiles yet, what do I do?
A) Email them or scrap them or better yet, call them and tell them to verify their mobiles. As soon as they verify, they will appear green in your network :-)
Q) How can I grow my network?
A) There are various innovative ways in which you can popularise your network link (youmint.com/netwrok-username). Here are some of them:
- You can use our invitation tools to send invites from your addressbooks and other social networks.
- You can use our “Invite by SMS” feature to send invites via SMS
- You can promote your network link on your blog.
- You can include your network link in Google Talk, MSN, Yahoo IMs in your status field!
(Just make sure you don’t spam unknown people!)
Q) What is the difference between “Network” and “Friends”? I have 20 friends in my friends circle, but no money in my wallet?
A) There is a difference between your “Network” and your “Friends”.
Your “Network” comprises of the people YOU have invited to YouMint and thus are members because of your invitation. You get paid only for those that are part of your network.
Your “Friends”, on the other hand include those in your network as well as other members on YouMint, who may be members already. You can make friends with anyone on YouMint who accepts your friendship request.
A) YouMint can offer you Free SMS because we get our advertisers to sponsor them for you. You can send SMS upto 140 characters long. The remainder is used by our advertisers to append their messages. The interesting thing is that the Ads that will get appended will be contextual in most cases It could be quite cool! For example, if you sent a message to a friend asking them to meet for a coffee, you could actually see a Cafe Coffee Day advt displayed at the bottom - offering you a cool discount!
Q) How can I make money on YouMint?
A) It is very simple. There are several ways you can make money on Youmint.
1) Introduce your friends and get paid when they join and when their friends join!
When you sign up at YouMint, you basically get an opportunity to introduce all your friends to this cool service, and get paid for it when they do sign up! And in turn when your friends sign up other friends you get paid again We will pay you Rs 0.50 each time a friend you referred signs up and Rs. 0.20 when your friend’s friend signs up.
YES! We actually pay you for getting friends signed up to this service!
So for example, if 20 of your friends sign up and then each of them sign up 20 friends each, you would be richer by 110 bucks straight away.( That’s (20 x 0.5) + (20 x 20 x 0.25)= 110)
2) Send Free SMS!
As a YouMint member, you can send Free SMS to your friends. You can send more Free SMSs to them if they are on YouMint as well! So go ahead and invite all your friends to YouMint so you can send them Free SMSs.
More Invites = More Free SMSs. The more people you have in your network the more Free SMSs you can send everyday.
3) Receive relevant SMS promos and receive money for each promo! Get paid for promos your friends and their friends receive as well!!
When you sign up with us, you will start receiving relevant promotional messages based on the number of messages you specify and the time you want to receive them. Each time you receive a message you will get paid for it! Whats more, you also get paid each time a referred friend and that friend’s friend gets a promotional message too.
Confused? OK, here’s how it works
- What you get each time you get a promo SMS – Rs 0.20
- What you get when a friend you referred get a promo – Rs 0.10
- What you get when a friend of the friend you referred gets a promo – Rs 0.05
So therefore, if you have lots of friends, who have a lot of friends, you could make a lot of money each time a promotion is done. Even if we send everyone 1 promo a day, you stand to earn Rs. 666 every month. OK, OK, here’s the math again
- What you make for receiving 1 promo a day for a month : 1 promo x 30 days x Rs.0.20 per promo = Rs 6
- What you make when a friend you referred gets a 1 promo a day for a month: 1 promo x 30 days x Rs.0.10 per promo x 20 friends = Rs 60
- What you make when a friend of a friend you referred gets 1 promo a day for a month : 1 promo x 30 days x Rs.0.05 per promo * 400 friends (assuming each of your twenty friends successfully referred 20 friends each)= Rs.600
So, Rs 6 + Rs 60+ Rs 600 adds up to a cool Rs 666!
So basically, you make enough to at least cover your mobile bill (and perhaps a coffee for us for coming up with this great idea!). If you are a poular person with lots of pals, you will make lots more. Else if you are the kind who walks around with the phone permanently attached to your ear, you better start making more friends so that you can cover that bill.
Q) Why am I not receiving SMS promos? When do I start getting them?
A) Rome was not built in a day… and given that this is a new concept and a paradigm shift, it will take us time to get the wheels in motion. We have very large advertisers who have committed to advertise with us. We are now trying to increase our base of users so we can make this worth for our advertisers. However, we are offering you approx Rs. 900 worth of value in FREE SMSs every month. Additionally, you can make personalised wallpapers/screensavers too!
Q) Do I get paid for just inviting people, even if they dont join?
A) You get paid for people who join your network AND who complete their registration by verifying their mobile number.
Q) Why do I need to verify my mobile number?
A) Verifying your mobile phone is critical to becoming a member on YouMint. We stated earlier that YouMint is a network of REAL PEOPLE. Verifying your mobile is one very important part of verifying our users. This will help us keep the community secure. Also, YouMint revolves around our users’ mobile lifestyle, it is imperative that we ascertain our users are indeed the owners of the mobile number they claim.
Q) What all can I do here at YouMint?
A) You can send Free SMS, earn for growing your network, earn for receiving SMS promos, create free mobile content for your phone in the YouMint Studio, create and sell original content in the YouMint marketplace (coming soon)…YouMint aspires to be part of your mobile lifestyle!
Q) Who are the people behind YouMint?
A) YouMint is a new venture created by the same guys who started the mobile shortcode revolution in India! (Like 8888, 6388 etc). YouMint is backed by international investors and the executive team has worked with close to 200 mobile network operators globally. You can click here to know more about who we are.
Q) My friends have accepted my invitation but have not verified their mobiles yet, what do I do?
A) Email them or scrap them or better yet, call them and tell them to verify their mobiles. As soon as they verify, they will appear green in your network :-)
Q) How can I grow my network?
A) There are various innovative ways in which you can popularise your network link (youmint.com/netwrok-username). Here are some of them:
- You can use our invitation tools to send invites from your addressbooks and other social networks.
- You can use our “Invite by SMS” feature to send invites via SMS
- You can promote your network link on your blog.
- You can include your network link in Google Talk, MSN, Yahoo IMs in your status field!
(Just make sure you don’t spam unknown people!)
Q) What is the difference between “Network” and “Friends”? I have 20 friends in my friends circle, but no money in my wallet?
A) There is a difference between your “Network” and your “Friends”.
Your “Network” comprises of the people YOU have invited to YouMint and thus are members because of your invitation. You get paid only for those that are part of your network.
Your “Friends”, on the other hand include those in your network as well as other members on YouMint, who may be members already. You can make friends with anyone on YouMint who accepts your friendship request.
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